EXHIBITION  OF  LITHOGRAPHS 
BY  THE  SENEFELDER  CLUB 
OF  LONDON,  ENGLAND 


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RHODE  ISLAND 
SCHOOL  OF 
— T'E-IGN  — 

CITY  ART  MUSEUM 

SAINT  LOUIS 


SPECIAL 

EXHIBITION  CATALOGUE 
CITY  ART  MUSEUM 
SAINT  LOUIS 


EXHIBITION  OF  LITHOGRAPHS 
BY  MEMBERS  OF  THE 
SENEFELDER  CLUB 
OF  LONDON,  ENGLAND 


OPENING  APRIL  8,  1917 
SERIES  1917  NO.  5 


ADMINISTRATIVE  BOARD  OF  CONTROL 
AND  OFFICERS  OF  THE  CITY  ART 
MUSEUM  OF  ST.  LOUIS 

WILLIAM  K.  BIXBY 
President 

SAMUEL  L.  SHERER 
Vice-President 

DAVID  R.  FRANCIS 
MAX  KOTANY 
WILLIAM  H.  LEE 
EDWARD  MALLINCKRODT 
CHARLES  PARSONS  PETTUS 
THOMAS  H.  WEST 
LOUIS  LA  BEAUME 


R.  A.  HOLLAND 
Director 

MADELEINE  BORGGRAEFE 
Secretary 

CHARLES  PERCY  DAVIS 
Curator 


This  exhibition  is  under  the  management  of  the 
American  Federation  of  Arts,  and  the  City  Art 
Museum  makes  grateful  acknowledgment  to  that 
organization  and  to  the  Senefelder  Club  for  their 
co-operation  in  its  arrangement. 


Historical  Note 


HE  Senefelder  Club  of  London  is  so  named  in 


honor  of  Alois  Senefelder,  a Bavarian,  who  dis- 
covered the  art  of  lithography  more  than  120  years  ago. 
Senefelder  was  a musician  and  composer,  and  began 
to  experiment  with  printing  in  an  effort  to  reduce  the 
cost  of  publishing  his  compositions.  To  this  end,  he 
secured  a press  and  copper  plates  upon  which  to  make 
engravings.  Finding  the  expense  of  new  copper  plates 
greater  than  he  could  afford,  he  resorted  to  the  practice 
of  grinding  off  the  surface  of  the  used  plates,  employing 
for  this  purpose  smooth  slabs  of  Kellheim  stone.  One 
day  his  mother  requested  him  to  prepare  quickly  a memo- 
randum of  the  laundry  which  she  was  sending  away, 
and  having  no  paper  at  hand,  Senefelder  wrote  the 
list  on  the  smooth  surface  of  one  of  his  stones,  using  an 
ink  composed  of  wax,  soap  and  lamp-black  in  equal 
parts.  The  appearance  of  the  writing  at  once  suggested 
to  him  the  possibility  of  taking  an  impression  from  the 
stone.  He  accordingly  applied  a solution  of  aqua  fortis, 
which  dissolved  the  surface  of  the  stone,  excepting  the 
portion  protected  by  the  greasy  ink.  The  letters  were 
thus  made  to  stand  out  in  relief,  and  when  coated 
with  ink  made  a fairly  good  impression.  Senefelder 
improved  his  invention  with  still  further  experiments, 
and  when  the  full  value  of  his  discovery  became  known, 
a pension  was  settled  upon  him  by  the  King  of  Bavaria. 
Before  his  death  in  1834,  Senefelder  had  brought  the 
process  of  lithography  to  a remarkable  degree  of  per- 
fection. 


Catalogue 


ALBERT  BAERTSOEN 

1 Hiver  a Londres 

2 Charing  Cross  Bridge 

3 Waterloo  Bridge 

ANTHONY  R.  BARKER 

4 The  Wind 

5 The  Bend  in  the  Stream 

6 Belgium  in  Peace 

7 The  Road  to  Long 

8 St.  Marks,  Venice 

9 The  Rainbow 

HARRY  BECKER 

10  Woodcutters 

1 1 Ploughing 

12  The  Plough 

13  Felling  Trees 

14  Summer,  1914 

1 5 Mower 

FRANK  BRANGWYN 

16  Columbus  Sighting  the  New  World 

JOHN  COPLEY 

17  Le  Monde  ou  L’on  S’Amusb 

18  In  the  City 

19  The  Sick  King 

20  Over  the  Cities 

21  Rome:  The  Cafe  Greco 

22  Nemi:  Priests  of  the  Sacred  Grove 

23  Florence:  The  Grain  Market 

24  Monte  Pisano:  Olive  Gatherers 


ETHEL  GABAIN  (Mrs.  John  Copley) 


25  Revellers 

26  Stripes  and  Black 

27  The  West  Wind 

28  The  Mirror 

29  The  Wedding  Morning,  Second  State 

30  Profile  Fin 

31  Si  Les  Bijoux  Etaient  Indiscrets 

32  Depart  Fantastique 


J.  McLURE  HAMILTON 

33  Tomb  in  Bath  Abbey 

34  The  Bishop 

35  Girl  Sitting  in  Chair 

36  Sketch  B 

37  Sketch  No.  i (1910) 

38  Sketch  (1911) 

39  Sketch  No.  4 (1911) 


A.  S.  HARTRICK 

The  Almshouses  at  Cobham,  Kent 

40  The  Hall 

41  The  Warden’s  Post 

42  The  Dungeon 

43  The  Ex-Publican 

44  The  Seamstress 

45  The  College 

46  Truth  Rising  From  Her  Well 

47  Calvary 

48  The  Widower 

49  A Tinker  Mother  and  Child 


MISS  E.  A.  HOPE 


50  The  Gypsies 

51  The  Wine  Taster 

52  Corner  of  the  Quay 

53  Fauns  Drinking 

54  Pan  Pipes 

55  Satyr  Music 

56  Tambour  Battant 


E.  ERNEST  JACKSON 

57  The  Fur  Coat 

58  The  Black  Hat 

59  The  Old  Model 

60  L’Effet  de  Lumiere 

61  The  Garden 

62  The  Chateau  at  Amboise 

63  Chiswick  Mall,  London 

J.  KERR-LAWSON 

64  “Los  PoBREs:’'  Spanish  Gypsies,  Set  of  Six 

65  St.  Paul’s 

66  St.  Martin  in  the  Fields 

67  London  Bridge 

68  Boston,  Lincolnshire,  England 

MRS.  MARY  McDOWALL 

69  At  Her  Mirror 

70  The  Chinese  Robe 

71  Morning 

72  Flower  Sellers 

73  Girl’s  Head 

74  Standing  Figure 

JOSEPH  PENNELL 

75  Work  in  America  : Great  Mill  at  Gary 

76  Steps  of  the  Capitol,  Washington 

77  The  Dome  From  the  Avenue,  Wash- 

ington 

78  The  Harbour,  Genoa 

79  Work  in  Italy:  Marble  City  Under 

THE  Marble  Mountains 

80  Old  and  New  Rome 

81  The  Carrier,  Carrara 

82  Venice:  Rebuilding  the  Campanile, 

1911 

83  Work  in  Italy:  Civita  Vecchia:  The 

Boat  From  Sardinia 

84  Work  in  Holland 


G.  SPENCER  PRYSE 

Belgium,  1914 

85  Fugitives 

86  Fugitives  at  Sea 

87  The  Wayside  Crucifix 

The  Autumn  Campaign 

88  The  Fall  of  Ostend,  Scene  on  the 

Digue  During  Embarkation  of 
Troops 

89  Third  Cavalry  Division  in  Ghent, 

Oct.  12,  1914 

90  The  Fall  of  Ostend,  Scene  in  the 

Gare  Maritime 

91  A Stretcher  Party  in  Champagne, 

Sept.  28,  1914 

92  Antwerp,  Grande  Place,  Sept.  10,  1914 

93  Indians  and  Motor  ’Busses  Near  Pope- 

singhe 

94  The  Retreat  of  the  Seventh  Division 

AND  Third  Cavalry  on  Ypres 

95  Fugitives  in  Soissons,  Sept.  25,  1914 

96  British  Cavalry  Bivouac  During  the 

Battle  on  the  Aisne 

D.  A.  VERESMITH 

97  Alice 

98  The  New  Slave 

99  The  Boyhood  of  Rembrandt 

100  The  Old  Sheikh 

101  Old  Hall 

102  The  Last  of  the  McGraths 


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MUSEUM  IS  OPEN 
TO  THE  PUBLIC 
EVERY  DAY,  FROM 
TEN  A.M.  TO  FIVE  P.M. 
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Art  Museum  may  be  sub- 
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